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ALTHOUGH the role of hormones in the control of sexual behaviour in female mammals is well established1, this is not the case with fish2. In spite of several reports that castration of female fish eliminates sexual behaviour2, only two investigations have demonstrated successful steroid replacement therapy3,4. We report here, however, the induction of sexual behaviour in female goldfish (Carassius auratus) by injection of ovulated eggs into the ovarian lumen of individuals with vitellogenic ovaries, and also by administration of both eggs and oestrogen to individuals with regressed ovaries.
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STACEY, N., LILEY, N. Regulation of Spawning Behaviour in the Female Goldfish. Nature 247, 71–72 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/247071a0
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